Mainstream class group data is shown separately from standard/year-group enrolment data. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to.
Average class size
21.75
2025/26
Mainstream classes
16
2025/26
Largest class group
27
2025/26
Classes with 30+ pupils
0
2025/26
Class group metrics trend
Class group metrics by year
Year
Mainstream class pupils
Mainstream classes
Average class size
Largest class
Classes 30+
2006/07
221
9
24.56
31
1
2007/08
227
8
28.38
30
2
2008/09
227
8
28.38
30
2
2009/10
257
9
28.56
30
5
2010/11
259
9
28.78
34
2
2011/12
252
10
25.20
34
1
2012/13
259
9
28.78
36
3
2013/14
268
10
26.80
36
3
2014/15
295
11
26.82
35
4
2015/16
322
12
26.83
37
5
2016/17
347
13
26.69
36
4
2017/18
356
13
27.38
35
4
2019/20
409
15
27.27
35
5
2020/21
414
16
25.88
35
5
2021/22
413
16
25.81
31
1
2022/23
393
16
24.56
30
1
2023/24
396
16
24.75
30
1
2024/25
381
16
23.81
29
0
2025/26
348
16
21.75
27
0
Data highlights
Key numbers to spot outliers or notable changes.
Biggest gain in a single year: 1977/78: 125 in 1976/77 → 190, +65 pupils.
Biggest loss in a single year: 1993/94: 316 in 1983/84 → 279, -37 pupils.
Largest single-class increase: 3rd Class in 2023/24 (40 → 57, +17).
Largest single-class decrease: 6th Class in 2025/26 (56 → 37, -19).
Largest cohort-step gain: 5th → 6th in 2024/25 (54 → 56, +2).
Largest cohort-step loss: 2nd → 3rd in 2021/22 (60 → 55, -5).
Overall: 69 (1975/76) → 354 (2025/26), 285.
Summary statistics (class-level data)
Min / max / mean enrolment per class across the available final by-standard years.
Class
Min
Max
Mean
Years
Junior Infants
36
59
46.8
6
Senior Infants
39
61
49.7
6
1st Class
40
60
50.3
6
2nd Class
40
60
50.7
6
3rd Class
40
57
51.7
6
4th Class
40
54
49.3
6
5th Class
38
54
48.0
6
6th Class
35
56
45.3
6
Total
69
414
287.1
42
Total enrolment over time
Total and gender trends use historical records where available. Class-level data starts in 2020/21.
Enrolment by gender over time
Enrolment by class over time
Cohort progression
Track how each cohort (pupils who were in the same class in the same year) progresses through the school. Each step shows the count; the number between steps is the net change (pupils gained minus pupils lost).